THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007
COMING FRIDAY
Movie news -- and much more!
THE BATMAN: "TWO OF A KIND"
"Two of a Kind" closes out a month of new The Batman episodes on Kids' WB! on Saturday.
Here's how the episode is described:
"After Batman takes down Punch and Judy, Joker takes an interest in the TV pop psychologist Harley Quinn and decides to groom her as his new partner in crime."
The episode is the first written by Harley Quinn's creator, Paul Dini, for The Batman.
Hynden Walch, who did the voice of Starfire in Teen Titans, provides the voice of Harley Queen.
"She did an excellent job," executive producer Alan Burnett told The Continuum. "She gets to sing in the episode, and she sounds like Arlene Sorkin (previous Harley voice actress."
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FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER UPDATE
Promotions for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer are expected to intensify next week, beginning with the launch of 20th Century Fox's outdoor advertising campaign.
Expect to see images popping up in major cities on Monday.
The next trailer for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer will be attached to Spider-Man 3, which is due in theaters on May 4.
In other FF news:
* It's still unknown if Doug Jones' voice will be used as Silver Surfer.
* Michael Chiklis, who returns at The Thing, said the comfort level was better wearing the suit in the sequel, primarly because he needed the full suit when he's base-chested, which was only about 25 percent of the time. When he's wearing clothes, a more comfortable padding is used.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and four- to six-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Feb. 28, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Daredevil #94, Doctor Strange: The Oath #5, Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus -- Starchild and Terrax, Heroes for Hire #7, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #15, New Excalibur #17, Runaways #24, Wolverine #51, Wonder Man #3, X-Factor #16, X-Men #196 and Black Panther #25.
HEROES: "LIKE ANY PARASITE"
NBC has released four images from "Like Any Parasite," the Monday, March 5 episode of Heroes.
Here's how NBC describes the episode:
"With the election and NYC's destruction looming, Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) has a disturbing face-to-face meeting with the shadowy Linderman. Hiro's (Masi Oka) attempt to steal the sword steers him into a grim new direction. Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) makes a breakthrough on 'the list' -- at great cost. D.L. (Leonard Roberts) begins to suspect all is not well at home. Isaac (Santiago Cabrera) paints his most terrible painting yet. New 'hero' Candice Wilmer (guest star Missy Peregrym) makes an illusive debut."
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In other Heroes news:
* In conjunction with Hayden Panettiere's appearance at the New York Comic Con, Destination Entertainment is issuing an exclusive 11" x 17" lithograph print featuring an image of Panettiere by comic artist Mark Sparacio.
The proceeds will be split between several charities, including The Hero Initiative.
* Milo Ventimiglia, who plays Peter Petrelli, will be a guest on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday, Feb. 26.
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MAY SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For May solicitation listings, with images, click on the publishers' names below.
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* BlueWater Productions.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* Heroic Publishing.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
BRIEFLY
* Yuri Lowenthal, the voice of Superman on Kids' WB!'s Legion of Super Heroes, is returning for Season 2.
* FX will air Spider-Man 2 again Thursday at 8 p.m.
* After selling out at DC Comics, Action Comics #845 is being sent back to press for a second printing. This is the second issue by the creative team of writers Geoff Johns and Richard Donner and artist Adam Kubert.
The new printing features a recolored version of the original cover by Kubert and is scheduled to arrive in stores on March 14.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Saturday, February 17: Ghost Rider box office, George Perez at MegaCon, First Looks and January sales.
* Friday, February 16: Ghost Rider, The Dark Knight, Dynamite Entertainment for May, The Batman and Family Guy.
* Thursday, February 15: Image Comics for May, 300, Smallville, Image Comics First Looks, Legion of Super Heroes, Archie Comics for May and Zero-G.
* Wednesday, February 14: Ghost Rider's Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes, Devil's Due Publishing for May, DC First Looks, Marvel First Looks and Red 5 Comics.
* Tuesday, February 13: Marvel Comics for May, Lynda Carter on Smallville, Battlestar Galactica renewed, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer toys, Fallen Angel, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks, Action Comics and Heroes.
* Monday, February 12: DC Comics for May, Smallville's Miles Millar and Al Gough, Zack Snyder talks Watchmen movie and Legion of Super Heroes.
* Sunday, February 11: DC Comics for May preview, The Simpsons Toys and Wanted movie.
* Saturday, February 10: Battlestar Galactica, Ocean movie?, Zen's 20th anniversary and First Looks.
* Friday, February 9: Ghost Rider, Heroes, The Batman, First Looks and Smallville.
* Thursday, February 8: New seasons for Legion of Super Heroes and The Batman, Marvel Comics First Looks and Whiteout movie.
* Wednesday, February 7: 300, The Boys at Dynamite Entertainment, First Looks and World of Warcraft action figures.
* Tuesday, February 6: Dark Horse Comics for May, Aspen Comics for May, Jeff Bridges joins Iron Man movie, DC Comics First Looks, Black Panther and 300's Gerard Butler.
* Monday, February 5: Painkiller Jane, Spider-Man 3, Shawn Levy to direct The Flash, Smallville, Image Comics First Looks and Battlestar Galactica.
* Sunday, February 4: IDW Publishing for May, The Amazing Screw-On Head and Heroes.
* Saturday, February 3: Stan Lee on Heroes, Legion of Super Heroes and The Batman renewed, Smallville, The Simpsons and First Looks.
* Friday, February 2: Joss Whedon off Wonder Woman and David Goyer off Flash, The Batman's Alan Burnett, WildStorm/Vertigo collections, BlueWater Productions for May, Heroic Publishing for May and Moonstone Books for May.
* Thursday, February 1: Smallville, Civil War #7 variant, DC Universe collections, TwoMorrows Publishing for May and Heroes.
* Wednesday, January 31: Marvel First Looks, Legion of Super Heroes, Image First Looks, Adam Beechen on Teen Titans, Firebreather and Family Guy.
* Tuesday, January 30: KISS, George Perez, Heroes, Marvel First Looks, DC roundup, Krypto the Superdog and BlueWater Productions graphic novels.
* Monday, January 29: From Phoenix Cactus Comicon -- Hellboy's Mike Mignola, Mighty Avengers' Angel Medina and Feedback; plus, DC Comics First Looks, The Simpsons and Stephen Colbert.
* Sunday, January 28: Smallville, Rob Liefeld, Heroes and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Saturday, January 27: Ghost Rider movie, Free Comic Book Day titles and Battlestar Galactica.
* Friday, January 26: Marvel Comics First Looks, Smallville, Painkiller Jane, Hero Initiative's Ultimate Spider-Man covers and Fell trade paperback.
* Thursday, January 25: DC Comics teaser image, TMNT's Kevin Munroe and Tom Gray, 300 goes IMAX, DC's World War III, The Tick, Virgin Comics for April and Heroes.
* Wednesday, January 24: Smallville, Dynamite Entertainment for April, Marvel animation, Image First Looks, DC First Looks and Spider-Man 3.
* Tuesday, January 23: Marvel Animation, Marvel First Looks, 300, Transformers movie images, Kevin Spacey on Superman sequel, Oni Press for April, Avatar Press for April, Smallville and Heroes.
* Monday, January 22: Invincible Iron Man's Marc Worden, Markosia named editor-in-chief, Image Comics' Unravel, Dark Horse First Looks and Battlestar Galactics.
* Sunday, January 21: BlueWater Productions self-publishers, First Looks and HeroClix's Fin Fang Foom.
* Saturday, January 20: Spider-Man 3, Ghost Rider and Spawn.
* Friday, January 19: Smallville, Boom! Studios for April, Fathom: Kiani, 300 and Family Guy.
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